(p. 800) brahmāstra an ancient divine missile which could never be warded off. 15)

(p. 721) bān̐kā to bend, to curve (রেখাটি বেঁকেছে); to turn (পথটি এখানে বেঁকেছে); to become reluctant or unfavourable or ungracious or antipathetic (কর্তা বেঁকেছেন). a. bent, curved (বাঁকা বাঁশ); stopping, hunched (বাঁকা পিঠ); slanting, aslant (খুটিখানা বাঁকা); winding, tortuous, sinuous, spiral, roundabout (বাঁকা পথ); furtive, squint, oblique (বাঁকা চাহনি); cynical or unfriendly (বাঁকা দৃষ্টিভঙ্গি); crooked (বাঁকা মন); rude, harsh (বাঁকা কথা); insinuating; sly (বাঁকা উক্তি); reluctant, unfavourable, antipathetic. ̃চোরা a. having many curves and twists; not straightforward, crooked (বাঁকাচোরা কথা). বাঁকানো. v. to bend; to make reluctant or unfavourable or antipathetic. বেঁকে বসা v. to be placed or fixed slantingly; to become reluctant or unfavourable or antipathetic; to revise or retract one's previous opinion, desire, resolve etc., to refuse to fall in with or accede to. 258)

(p. 773) bisamillā, bisamillāh (Mus.) an invocation of Allah whilst starting a work. বিসমিল্লায় গলদ (fig.) a mistake at the very beginning, an erroneous start. 41)

(p. 721) bariṣṭha best; greatest; most honourable; chief; seniormost; (loos.) senior. fem. বরিষ্ঠা । বরিষ্ঠ সেবক a staff nurse. 75)

(p. 779) bujā, bōjā to shut or close (চক্ষু বুজেছে); to be filled up (গর্ত বোজা). a. shut or closed; filled up. বুজানো v. to shut or close; to fill up. 18)

(p. 761) bindu a drop (জলবিন্দু); a dot, a point (দশমিক বিন্দু); a small roundish mark; ('ললাটে সিন্দূর বিন্দু'); (geom.) a point; a particle, a whit, an iota (একবিন্দু দুঃখ). ̃বিসর্গ n. (ori.) the alphabetical letters ং and ঃ; (fig.) a particle, a whit, an iota; (fig.) the faintest hint, an inkling. বিন্দুবিসর্গ জানা v. to have the faintest knowledge (of). ̃মাত্র না not even to the smallest extent or amount; not a whit, not a jot or title. 42)

(p. 755) bijitēndrīẏa (of one) who has mastered passions, having control over desires and passions, self-controlled. 22)

(p. 743) bāndhaba a kinsman; a relation; a friend; an ally. fem. বান্ধবী a kinswoman; a woman relation; a lady friend; a girl friend. 16)

(p. 794) byōma the sky, the air; ether; (fig.) a hoax. ̃চর, ̃চারী a. (capable of) moving in the sky or air, ethereal; playing in the air. n. an aeronaut, an aviator. fem. ̃চারিণী । ̃মন্ডল n. the region of the sky, the sky, the firmament, the atmosphere. ̃যাত্রা n. aerial navigation, aviation, a flight. ̃যাত্রী n. an aeronaut; an astronaut; a balloonist, an aviator; an airman; an air-passenger. ̃যান n. a balloon; an aeroplane. 115)

(p. 721) bandhya fit to be bound or tied; unproductive, barren, sterile; childless. fem. বন্ধ্যা । ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. fitness for being bound or tied; unproductivity, barrenness, sterility; childlessness. 12)

(p. 751) bikalāṅga crippled, physically handicapped; having defective limbs; disabled; (loos.) deformed.বিকলাঙ্গ লোক a cripple. 13)

(p. 786) bēpathu, bēpana trembling; tremour; quake, shake; shiver; thrill. 62)

(p. 715) bacasā altercation; a brawl. বচসা করা v. to altercate, to wrangle, to bandy words; to brawl. 26)

(p. 761) bipralabdha disappointed; deceived. বিপ্রলব্ধা a. fem. of বিপ্রলব্ধ । n. (rhet.) a ladylove who goes to a secret tryst but is disappointed by the absence of her lover. 73)

(p. 782) bēkāra unemployed (বেকার অবস্হা, বেকার লোক); unoccupied, without work (বেকার সময়); useless (বেকার পরিশ্রম). ̃ত্ব n. unemployment; worklessness, occupationless. ̃সমস্যা n. the unemployment problem. 52)